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seems affirmative action for white people is still the norm...

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The treatment of black people by the police on issues such as stop and search and the national DNA database has worsened since the official inquiry into the murder of Stephen Lawrence 10 years ago, according to MPs.

A report published by the Commons home affairs select committee tomorrow says the police have made some "tremendous strides'' in the past decade in the way they investigate race crimes and other criticial incidents involving minority ethnic communities, but MPs say there remains a number of outstanding concerns.

"Black communities in particular are disproportionately represented in stop and search statistics and on the national DNA database; in fact, the gap has increased," they conclude.

The cross-party group of MPs say that black people are now seven times more likely to be stopped by the police than white people. A decade ago, when the Macpherson report into the murder of black teenager Stephen Lawrence was published, black people were six times more likely to be stopped.

The MPs also heard evidence that more than 30% of all black men who have been arrested now have their DNA profiles logged on the national DNA database, compared with 10% of all white men and 10% of all Asian men. The committee also expresses its disappointment that the police still fails to meet its target of employing 7% of its officers from minority ethnic communities by 2009.



http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/jul/21/police-fail-black-communities-racism
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The MPs also heard evidence that more than 30% of all black men who have been arrested now have their DNA profiles logged on the national DNA database, compared with 10% of all white men and 10% of all Asian men.



Little index cards categorizing the differences in eye color and "hereditary health." That's how it started.
http://www.ushmm.org/museum/exhibit/online/deadlymedicine/

It's amazing to me that anyone can ever be in favor of a DNA database.
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The article is "race baiting". It doesn't mention anything about where the crimes are happening and then lightly hints with no facts about possible blacks being skipped over for promotions.

Does anyone have any articles about rich white guys driving down to poor black neighborhoods to commit armed robberies? When reading this article it almost sounds like this is what is going on and being covered up:D

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Yep. It's kind of ridiculous. NYC just had to deal with a situation where the ACLU (...I believe) was claiming that many more blacks were being stopped than whites. The police responded by saying, "Well, who's committing the crimes?". Blacks are committing a disproportionately large number of the crimes, thus when they're looking for a bad guy, it tends to be a black person that gets stopped.
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Aren't the same people in charge of healthcare in the UK?

(we should give them healthcare in the USA too, because they're obviously doing a good job, so we should give them additional responsibilities whenever possible) :)

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The MPs also heard evidence that more than 30% of all black men who have been arrested now have their DNA profiles logged on the national DNA database, compared with 10% of all white men and 10% of all Asian men.



Little index cards categorizing the differences in eye color and "hereditary health." That's how it started.
http://www.ushmm.org/museum/exhibit/online/deadlymedicine/

It's amazing to me that anyone can ever be in favor of a DNA database.

They can have all my DNA data. I have nothing to hide. On the other hand, census personnel taking gps coordinates of my property annoyed me. Had I been at home at the time... next time. Maybe I better hang on to my DNA.
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Aren't the same people in charge of healthcare in the UK?

(we should give them healthcare in the USA too, because they're obviously doing a good job, so we should give them additional responsibilities whenever possible) :)



You replied wrong.:)
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The MPs also heard evidence that more than 30% of all black men who have been arrested now have their DNA profiles logged on the national DNA database, compared with 10% of all white men and 10% of all Asian men.



Little index cards categorizing the differences in eye color and "hereditary health." That's how it started.
http://www.ushmm.org/museum/exhibit/online/deadlymedicine/

It's amazing to me that anyone can ever be in favor of a DNA database.

They can have all my DNA data. I have nothing to hide. On the other hand, census personnel taking gps coordinates of my property annoyed me. Had I been at home at the time... next time. Maybe I better hang on to my DNA.



The coordinates of your house are already public record. ANYONE can go down to the hall of records and look them up. I used to do it all the time for various nefarious reasons. Well, not yours, but other people's. Additionally, you can change your home pretty much any time you want.

There is nothing more personal than your DNA and that never changes.
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It's amazing to me that anyone can ever be in favor of a DNA database.


What about a fingerprint database?



Fingerprints can't tell me who your mother or father was. Fingerprints can't tell me where your ancestors came from. Fingerprints can't tell me if you have a "condition" I might just want to euthanize for the good of the country.
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Not to mention more blacks end up in jail for committing the same crime that whites get probation for.

To deny the disproportion is ludicrous. The cause of the unfair treatment is however more related to money then I think any thing else.

I think rich white guys get away with shit because there rich, I am not sure if the white, guy part has that much to do with it.
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If crime statistics showed that a disproportionate number of crimes were being committed by people driving blue panel vans, would the authorities be at fault to stop and search a disproportionate number of blue panel vans ?

Profiling has been around for quite a few years already. I'm not sure how racial profiling is any less valid than other forms of profiling. :)
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Does anyone have any articles about rich white guys driving down to poor black neighborhoods to commit armed robberies? When reading this article it almost sounds like this is what is going on and being covered up:D



there's lots of articles about rich, white, blue eyed bankers stealing hundreds of billions :)
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Yep. It's kind of ridiculous. NYC just had to deal with a situation where the ACLU (...I believe) was claiming that many more blacks were being stopped than whites. The police responded by saying, "Well, who's committing the crimes?". Blacks are committing a disproportionately large number of the crimes, thus when they're looking for a bad guy, it tends to be a black person that gets stopped.



whites commit just as many crimes as blacks - that's just human nature :)
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Fingerprints can't tell me if you have a "condition" I might just want to euthanize for the good of the country.


Come on...that would only happen if the government were running the healthcare sys...oops.;)
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Yep. It's kind of ridiculous. NYC just had to deal with a situation where the ACLU (...I believe) was claiming that many more blacks were being stopped than whites. The police responded by saying, "Well, who's committing the crimes?". Blacks are committing a disproportionately large number of the crimes, thus when they're looking for a bad guy, it tends to be a black person that gets stopped.



whites commit just as many crimes as blacks - that's just human nature :)


prove your cite
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Yep. It's kind of ridiculous. NYC just had to deal with a situation where the ACLU (...I believe) was claiming that many more blacks were being stopped than whites. The police responded by saying, "Well, who's committing the crimes?". Blacks are committing a disproportionately large number of the crimes, thus when they're looking for a bad guy, it tends to be a black person that gets stopped.



whites commit just as many crimes as blacks - that's just human nature :)


prove your cite


i cited human nature - unless you think whites are unnaturally law abiding :)
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Yep. It's kind of ridiculous. NYC just had to deal with a situation where the ACLU (...I believe) was claiming that many more blacks were being stopped than whites. The police responded by saying, "Well, who's committing the crimes?". Blacks are committing a disproportionately large number of the crimes, thus when they're looking for a bad guy, it tends to be a black person that gets stopped.



whites commit just as many crimes as blacks - that's just human nature :)


prove your cite


i cited human nature - unless you think whites are unnaturally law abiding :)


So in other words, you don't have ANY proof of the bullshit you're spouting - you just KNOW it's because it's 'human nature'.

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i cited human nature - unless you think whites are unnaturally law abiding :)



So in other words, you don't have ANY proof of the bullshit you're spouting - you just KNOW it's because it's 'human nature'.


Some people really do believe in the superiority of the Arian . . . excuse me . . . caucasian, "race".
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i cited human nature - unless you think whites are unnaturally law abiding :)



So in other words, you don't have ANY proof of the bullshit you're spouting - you just KNOW it's because it's 'human nature'.


Some people really do believe in the superiority of the Arian . . . excuse me . . . caucasian, "race".


And some people really DO use their position to call others racist with no proof.

That's twice, Paul - don't make it three.
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i cited human nature - unless you think whites are unnaturally law abiding :)



So in other words, you don't have ANY proof of the bullshit you're spouting - you just KNOW it's because it's 'human nature'.


Some people really do believe in the superiority of the Arian . . . excuse me . . . caucasian, "race".


And some people really DO use their position to call others racist with no proof.

That's twice, Paul - don't make it three.


I'm sorry, we're you siding with the people I was talking about?

Don't think that just because I click "Reply" on the very last message of a thread and it happens to be from you that I'm talking ABOUT you. You've done this before. I think this has been a source of confusion for you several times.

If I'm calling you out personally on something, don't worry, I'll do it by name.
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